U.S.-owned ship hit by missile off Yemen as more tankers steer clear

DOHA/LONDON — Houthi militants struck a U.S.-owned ship carrying steel products with a ballistic missile on Monday south of the port of Aden as the group vowed to keep up attacks after U.S. and British strikes on its sites in Yemen.

Attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on ships since November have impacted companies and alarmed major powers in an escalation of Israel's more than three-month war with Hamas militants in Gaza.